Etymology
From French réservoir (collection place), réservoir (storehouse), in turn from French réserver (to reserve, keep).
Noun
reservoir (plural reservoirs)
- A place where anything is kept in store.
- A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
- A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
- A supply or source of something.
- A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species.
- (computing) A "black box" component that receives an input signal to be read out and mapped by another process, as part of reservoir computing.
Derived terms
- air reservoir
- au reservoir
- oil reservoir
- petroleum reservoir
- reservoir computer
- reservoir control
Related terms
- reserve
Verb
reservoir (third-person singular simple present reservoirs, present participle reservoiring, simple past and past participle reservoired)
- To store or keep (something) in or as in a reservoir.
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